Just before the House of Representatives passed the US$819 billion economic stimulus package at the end of January, both the House and the Senate issued proposals for renewable energy incentives.
30 January, 2009
Econcern plans to install 42 MW of solar capacity in Puglia, southern Italy boosting Italy’s solar capacity by 15%.
28 January, 2009
REC Wafer has signed a long-term agreement with LG Electronics Inc in Korea for the supply of multi crystalline wafers.
28 January, 2009
Torresol Energy, the strategic alliance between SENER and Masdar, has announced a €171 million financing deal for Spanish solar thermal plant Gemasolar.
26 January, 2009
A new photovoltaic (PV) law has been introduced in Greece amending the current legislation and setting new feed-in-tariffs.
26 January, 2009
Oerlikon is planning around 1,000 layoffs following other similar announcement in the solar industry.
23 January, 2009
Masdar and Environmena Power Systems are constructing a 10 MW grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in the Middle East and North Africa region.
22 January, 2009
Isofoton will set up 1215 photovoltaic (PV) grid-integrated installations in Errachidia and Ben Guerir, Morocco.
22 January, 2009
As 2009 gets underway, all eyes are turned towards the US, a market poised to begin a dramatic transition in energy and climate policy, but facing decisions still steeped in political wrangling, according to analyst Emerging Energy Research.
19 January, 2009
Elsevier is launching a ‘one-stop’ site for energy researchers covering all aspects of energy including renewables.
16 January, 2009
Spire Corporation has received a contract to provide 100 MW module manufacturing equipment for Solaria Energia y Medio Ambiente's new facility.
16 January, 2009
Tata Power will explore the possibility of setting up a 5 MW geothermal power plant and a 5 MW solar power plant in Gujarat, India.
15 January, 2009
The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) has released a new report, Utility Procurement Study: Solar Electricity in the Utility Market, the first in a series of research reports to be released in 2009.
14 January, 2009
The World Future Energy Summit (WFES09) will see 132 solar-related companies exhibiting on January 19-21, 2009.
14 January, 2009
Clean energy shares have been benefiting from an 'Obama Bounce', surging from their lows in November last year, according to leading analysis company New Energy Finance.
13 January, 2009
Recruitment company Resourcing Solutions predicts the renewable energy industry will have a growing importance in the UK job market.
12 January, 2009
In a speech on 8 January, President-elect Barack Obama made it clear renewables would play an important part in saving the US economy.
09 January, 2009
Fourth quarter data from Greentech Media show that venture capital (VC) investment in green technologies exceeded US$2.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2008, down 1.4% from Q3.
08 January, 2009
China Technology Development Group Corporation (CTDC) and Qinghai New Energy Group (QNE) have signed an agreement with local government to build a 30 MW on-grid solar power station in the Qaidam Basin of north-western China.
08 January, 2009
SCHOTT Solar AG has reported “record results” for the financial year 2007/2008 ending 30 September 2008.
07 January, 2009
According to the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association (JPEA) will start accepting applications for the residential solar generation installation subsidies from mid-January as part of the implementation of the Japanese residential solar generation installation subsidy programme, which was incorporated in the supplementary budget for this fiscal year.
07 January, 2009
The German juwi group has completed grid connection of its 40 MW Waldpolenz energy park in Brandis, near Leipzig in eastern Germany.
06 January, 2009